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Briefly Davao investment THE Board of Investments has highlighted investment opportunities in Davao after the region suffered a deep economic setback during the pandemic.

BOI Executive Director Bobby Fondevilla highlighted at the Davao Investment Conference in “Davao Region: Strong Today, Stronger Tomorrow,” investment opportunities particularly in real estate, tourism, manufacturing, and agribusiness with its enablers such as ICT, academe & infrastructure that are available in the region. BOI is the investment promotion and generation agency under the Department of Trade and Industry.

Fondevilla also presented the top 10 priority sectors in Davao City namely: Agri-business; To ur i s m a n d Re c re at i o n al Facilities; Light Manufacturing and Assembly; Real Estate/ Property Development; Health and Wellness, Educational and Sports Facilities; Environment Protec tion or Green Projects; Information and Communications Technology; Generation of New Sources of Energy; Transportation and Infrastructure; and Public Pr i vate Par t ner s hi p (PPP) Projects.

Online sex trade A REGIONAL Trial Court (RTC) in Iligan City has convicted a man and his female accomplice for sexually exploiting their relatives for online trade.

In a statement on Wednesday, anti-online sexual exploitation on children watchdog International Justice Mission (IJM) said the RTC Branch 2 has found the man guilty of sexually exploiting his sister, who was then 14 years old in July 2021.

The court also convicted the accused for offering his underage female cousin and another female minor for online sexual exploitation.

More oil subsidy THE Depar tment of Energy (DOE) is seeking additional support from oil companies s o t h ey c an c h i p i nto t h e “Pantawid Pasada program”, which subsidizes the fuel cost for the transport sector.

The DOE initiative is on top of the P1-billion fuel subsidy released by the government to assist public utility vehicle drivers and operators amid rising fuel cost.

Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi put forward the appeal to the oil companies in this week’s signing of the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) and the implementing guidelines for the grant of subsidy to public utility vehicles — primarily the jeepney drivers and Filcab franchise holders.

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Unvaxxed workers cant be terminated: DOLE-10 Thank you for trusting us!

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HE Department of Labor and Employment in Nor t h er n M i n d an a o (DOLE-10) on Friday clarified that while the national government is encouraging the public to get anti-coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) v a c c i n e s , e mp l o y e r s cannot terminate workers who would refuse to get inoculated.

BAYANIHAN. Residents in the fishing village of Mabua in Surigao City help dock a fisherman’s pump boat Wednesday afternoon (24 November 2021). mindanews photo by roel catoto

Director Atheneus Vasallo, DOLE-10's technical service and support division director, said via Zoom conference that for contractual workers, employers may violate short-duration contracting and sub-contracting arrangements if found to have laid-off workers who chose not to get the vaccine.

"If you are a worker of a contractor, in companies or clients, WORKERS/PAGE 6

Surigao town execs warned against mining operations

By ROEL CATOTO, MindaNews

SAN FRANCISCO, Surigao del Norte — Field commanders of the New People’s Army (NPA) warned local officials here in July, among them the mayor, and the chair of Barangay Jubgan who was killed last week by motorcycle-riding gunmen, against the planned largescale operations of a mining firm in this no-mining zone.

San Francisco Mayor Val Pinat recalled in a telephone interview with MindaNews on Saturday, that when local officials, including himself and Jubgan barangay chair Harry Amalla, visited the mountainous part of Barangay

Jubgan on July 27 to check on a government property intended for the town’s solid waste management project and to consult residents there, more than a dozen NPA guerillas came to meet with them.

Pinat said they were held for a few hours by the rebels.

“Ka Lucas, Ka Jared and Ka Sanjo and many of them warned us about the planned operations of the mining firm,” he said. The area is rich in copper and iron, among other minerals.

“They are willing to die to protect the environment, MINING/PAGE 6

HONESTY STORE. The Police Regional Police Office (PNP-10) established "honesty store" inside their headquarters at Camp Alagar in Cagayan de Oro City. Customers have to buy and pay for the goods they take by themselves. photo by gerry lee gorit

PAL to open GenSan-KL route

By MINDANEWS

GENERAL Santos City – Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) is reportedly planning to open as early as next month direct flights between this city and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, reviving the international status of the newly upgraded city airport.

Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade disclosed this development during the inspection by President

Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night of the airport’s new passenger terminal building and other vital facilities.

“PAL formally signified to us that they will again start their international operations [for the] GenSan-Kuala Lumpur [route] on Dec. 9,” he announced during his speech.

Tugade said the opening of the upcoming flights will

upgrade the city airport to inte r nat iona l st atus after being “delayed and suspended” for a long time.

He credited the move to the completion last September of the rehabilitation of the airport’s passenger terminal building and other facilities to the flagship Build Build Build program. Tugade said it was part of the P959-million airport upgrade.

The other completed OPEN/PAGE 7

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Nat’l ID prelude to paperless transactions

DAVAO City – The Philippines is now among the nations with a national identification system that will pave the way for digitalization and better delivery of services.

As more Filipinos apply for a Philippine Identification (PhilID) card in registration centers nationwide, the country will soon fully enact paperless transactions, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a recent post.

The national ID will also be embedded in official registries and track medical records and health information.

“Like the rest of the National ID worldwide, it will also be used for better targeting of social and health services,” the PSA

posted.

The PSA also posted on Friday the experience of a Manila resident, 17-yearold John Quiel Peregrino, who has received his PhilID card.

“Mas mapapadali po nito ‘yung paghahanap ko po ng documents po tsaka other information pagdating sa (It will be easier to track documents and other information in the) future,” Peregrino said in a PSA post.

The Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) is targeting to process the registration of about 50 million Filipinos by the end 2021 and up to 70 million by 2022.

As of the November 10 PSA data, 40,264,550 have finished the registration PRELUDE/PAGE 7

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702 disadvantaged workers in CDO receive P2.5-M cash aid

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TOTAL of 702 workers who were disadvantaged or displaced due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic have received cash aid totaling P2.5-million on Friday.

The fund comes from the "Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/ Displaced Workers" (TUPAD) under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and the beneficiaries were the recent batch that

received the cash aid.

DOLE-Cagayan de Oro City Field Office Chief Emmanuel G. Toledo said in a statement that the beneficiaries had completed their 10-day work period beginning on November 24, after which they will each receive P3,650 worth of wages.

He said the beneficiaries were informal sector workers who suffered from the continuing effects of the pandemic, members of the Lesbian Gay

Bisexual Transexual Queer community who lost their jobs due to the closure of salons and beauty parlors, women, youth, indigenous peoples (IPs), senior citizens, and flood and fire victims.

DOLE Asst. Sec. Victor del Rosario, in his speech during the pay-out ceremony here, hoped that with TUPAD workers may be able to maximize the aid they received.

"Please don't use it (cash assistance) to gamble (in bets), use it for the needs of your

family or for starting a small business," he said in Filipino.

The TUPAD Program is temporary emergency employment offered by DOLE under the DOLE Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program to the disadvantaged/ displaced workers.

Beneficiaries under this program will be given an average of 10 to 90 days’ work compensation based on the prevailing minimum wage in the region. (PNA)

WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY By: ROGELIO N. MEJARES JR

Power – this abstract concept has rooted itself in all parts of society since the time they existed, including the educational sector. As educators are still humans in the end, power can be tempting. More often than not, the careers of many all have to do in whole or in part with seeking power. However, in the quest for power, there are many who overlook the responsibilities that come along with it.

More often than not, it is the leaders who have the power in a certain group or community.

They get to decide the future of the group, and the actions of its members. Thus, a leader often gets immersed in this feeling of being in control, and forgets the source of this power in the first place; the members or the followers. While a leader, as the name suggests, has the power the lead the group, their responsibility lies in leading the group for the betterment of everyone in the said group. From a moral point of view, it is right

and just for leaders to do their best to improve the situation of the community and its members so that they may live and perform better. When only considering interests, it is also beneficial for the leader to lead his group well, as they would respect and obey the leader more, thus meaning more power. This holds true from the top of the government, down to the school principals and school committee leaders. While they have their own power to wield, they also have their own responsibilities to fulfill.

However, it is not just the leaders that have power. All people have their own power as well.

Teachers have the power to decide the future of their learners, and their responsibility lies in guiding the learners so that they will have a great future. Parents have the power to develop their child any way they want, and their responsibility lies in nurturing their child to be better members of society. The

learners themselves have the power to learn and use the country’s resources without cost, and their responsibility lies in maximizing those resources in learning so that they will be able to contribute back to the country.

Still, even with morality and sense of humanity, there are still some leaders who compromise the welfare of all for the sake of personal profit. Some embezzle funds, which affects the education of many learners no matter what level it is conducted. Without these funds, the learners and educators do not get the necessary resources they need, thus halting the progress of education of many for the sake of themselves. Some wields authority to enhance their prestige and force their subordinates to follow arbitrary orders while ignoring the management of their respective offices and organizations, leading to mismanagement and malfunction of said organization. There are also those who make decisions based on their pride or interests, further crippling the progress of the learners and educators at the grassroots level.

However, it is not only the actions of the leadership that are consequential, but also those people at the grassroots level. There are teachers that took the position just for the sake of the paychecks, and only deliver mediocre performance when it comes to teaching. There are parents who ignore the development of their children, leading to them developing bad habits and questionable morality.

There are learners who take their free education for granted, wasting their own time and the resources of the country. While the consequences of power without responsibility at the grassroots level might seem inconsequential, but these are larger in number, and can accumulate over time into something that affects the progress and development of the entire country.

Power without responsibility will eventually lead to chaos, and would benefit no one. Thus, it is of utmost importance to exercise caution and proportionality in everything, as all of us have our own powers, with their respective consequences. Power, without responsibility, becomes a poison that affects not only those responsible, but also the people around them. As the philosopher Volatire once wrote, “with great power comes great responsibility.”

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By ALLAN PAUL V. PABELLAN

THE ECARP is a national program that addresses the thrust of DepEd to make every Filipino child a reader at his/her own level. It is designed to equip elementary pupils with strategic reading and writing skills to make them independent young readers and writers. It also provides a year-long training for teachers to make them multi-literate and independent problem solvers.

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UPTOWN, Cagayan de Oro — When politicians promise the moon and the stars, most often than not, they become the problem later, and not the solution.

Perhaps this could be the reason why Sen. Bong Go is comtemplating on w it h d r aw i n g f rom t h e presidential race.

It seems he could no longer bear the heat of PH politics, too dirty and comical as it were.

Yet save for some surviving die-hard yellows now turned pink, presidentiables are fast in the draw in claiming Malacanang this early.

Political theatrics are now happening in every corner of the land as the country prepares for another electoral exercise early next year.

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The best policy Think a minute . . . A survey was given to thousands of people: 91% said they regularly tell lies and 50% call in to their jobs saying they are sick when they’re not. In fact, over half of all stealing from stores and businesses is done by their own employees. One survey question was: “What are you willing to do for $10 million?” 25% of the people said they would leave their spouse and children, and 7% said they would murder a stranger for $10 million. So in a crowd of 1000 people, there are 70 people who would kill you for $10 million. Think about it!

I asked myself: How much like those average people am I? Have I lied to my family or friends? Stolen from my workplace? Have I cheated in school or on my taxes?

Broken any of my promises?

If I was guaranteed I could get away with anything I wanted, what would I do?

A famous writer said: “Honesty is like art: you have to draw the line somewhere.”

The problem is who draws the line? Do I decide to draw it myself wherever I want? Does the line change

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Grain of salt

has already commenced on social media platforms, and party-junking shall be the name of the game to watch in the coming days.

This is PH politics— unrelenting, deceptive, a labyrinth of empty rhetorics said in jest before the idolcrazed electorate.

Having said that, boxing champ Manny Pacquio, though at the tail-end of presidential surveys, he takes the lead in extolling ( read: faking out) the public of how he would govern this country if ever he lands in Malacanang.

We are not only badly bitten by the deadly coronavirus but there is more to wallow the good Sen. Manny Pacquio may likely fail to address as Malacanang aspirant.

Pacquio’s PR team knows this very well that to fix the country’s woes this time of pandemic is not a walk in the park.

Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno is singing the same tune like Sen. Pacquio.

To telll the electorate that he willl sink all China war ships at the WPS is nothing but a fake proposition, granstanding this early to say the least.

To Mayor Isko, perhaps this campaign message will make sense for him: what the country needs is a surgical operation to revive the knocked-out economy due pandemic lockdowns in the past two years.

Be that as it may, we as voters are entitled to listen and discern to all the presidential bets yet the dole

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RUFFY MAGBANUA outs and political rhetorics cannot make this country resilient and catch up with the rest of the Asean countries.

The wise electorate needs clear-cut platform that would free this country from the bondage of poverty, not just a band-aid solution to the economic woes brought about by the pandemic.

It is heartening to note SALT/PAGE 7

Imperative: People's Awakening

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ORLAN R. RAVANERA In these dark times amidst the onslaught of the pandemic that has put our country and the world in so much disarray, in an age of unparalleled economic inequality under the regime of the global one percent amidst morale and religious apathy that has turned its back on the class struggle, the voice of the people can become a beacon of hope in the forthcoming elections, if only the people are conscienticized on the socio-economic-ecological realities besetting us locally and globally. As pronounced by the world’s renowned social scientists, “There are clear and strong indicators across the entire political and socio economic spectrum

A Beacon of Hope

that the contradictions of capitalist globalization and the neo-liberal policies associated with them threaten to unleash powerful forces with the capacity to produce not only highly destructive outcomes for growth and prosperity, justice and social peace, but also concomitant consequences for democracy, the environment, and human civilization as a whole.”

The West Philippine Sea is indeed a part of Philippine territory, yet, such rightful and legally established truism is being mocked by China, now the most powerful country in the world. Yes, we do not want war with China but when powerful forces are unleashed glaringly violating our basic right, does that mean power makes right? Never. Let that bullying of a super power awaken the people in deep slumber.

But the awakening process must now begin especially on socio-economic-ecological realities under the regime of a few elites in a country that follows a businessmanaged electoral system.

As expressed by the highest

law of the land, sovereignty resides with the people and all governmental power emanate from them.” But in a highly stratified, pyramidal societal order where the economy is controlled by the oligarchs, economic power begets political power and the will of the people which should be the supreme law is just being mocked in a “big circus” called Philippine elections.

Ecologically, we are now in the state of planetary emergenc y as climate indicators have escalated so quickly that an emergency response is imperative if civilization is to avoid breakdown and eventual collapse. While the ecological crisis is so grave especially in a country that has been described by the United Nations’ Disaster Risk Index as the number four country in the world worst hit by climate change and despite all the ecological disasters experienced by our people, especially the poor and the vulnerable, no concrete action to heal the blighted land back to life. In fact, such was glaringly shown when the

Philippines refrained from giving its commitment to stop the usage of coal in the recently concluded COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland during the G20 World Summit. Don’t you know that in Mindanao alone, we have some six (6) coalfired power plants with a total Megawatts of 2,200MW? That should have been protested by the Mindanawons as the usage of coal is the number one cause of climate change and the tiny particles they emit when inhaled cause cancer.

Not only shall we address cl i mate change ; l e t us also rectify social wrongs especially in the life of our ecological people – the peasantry, the fisherfolk and the Indigenous Peoples who are now becoming the poorest of the poor. It is so painful to note that in the last decade, the agricultural sector had only a .02 percent contribution to the Gross Domestic Products (GDP) and the most negatively affected by climate change and the on-going protracted war.

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110 million people living well within planetary boundaries At the recently-concluded

for a green and sustainable

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (JAZA), Chairman of the Ayala Group, could not over-emphasize the need for collective unity and commitment in addressing societal pain points toward national recovery. Beyond the Covid 19 pandemic, he said, we need to intervene not just in climate change but also in issues of inclusivity and equality.

JAZA was a speaker at a speaker at the thoughtprovoking 5-day conference sponsored by think-tank Stratbase ADR. This year’s event gathered environmental s t a ke h o l d e r s f rom t h e government, private sector, international community, and civil society to discuss “whole of society” actions

“Not one enterprise nor sector, however large and vigorous, can do it alone and sustain these recovery efforts.

However, taken together and working together, individual contributions however small, can add up to critical mass and sustainable momentum.”

JA Z A n ar r ate d how the COVID 19 pandemic provided the business sector with the unique opportunity of working with each other and with government. He described Project Ugnayan as one such giant collaborative effort where 270 private businesses quickly came together to raise funds to distribute food aid to over 14 million vulnerable Filipinos.

The private sector also built biomolecular labs, hospitals

JHAN TIAFAU HURST Pilipinas Conference 2021, recovery. with each situation I’m in? Unfortunately, lying, cheating, even stealing, come rather naturally to us. We do whatever it takes to survive and succeed, because we believe the lie that this is the only way to get ahead. That is how confused and wrong we have become. “Honesty is the best policy—but sadly there are few policyholders.”

We think it’s just a small white lie or cheap thing that we stole; but soon being dishonest becomes our way of doing things. Yet no matter how much money and status we gain, we end up the biggest loser. That is why “Total honesty in little things is a really big thing.”

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and isolation facilities while participating actively in the vaccination program- both in the procurement of vaccines and actual inoculations.

But the private sector can certainly do more. “The social contract of private corporations needs to move beyond philanthropy and corporate social responsibility actions. We must also seek to direct and pivot our business purpose, our portfolios, our practices at their core to help solve society’s major pain points.

We need “to adapt to the changing consumers and market conditions and to provide more and more equitable access to quality basic services. Only if our whole entire ecosystem prospers will we be able to continue to contribute

SPEAKING OUT

IGNACIO BUNYE to s o ciety through job generation, the manufacture and sale of products and services, the payment of taxes, and continue attracting investors and provide us capital in a sustainable fashion.”

JAZA talked of climate change and other sustainability issues.

“Climate change is here and LIVING/PAGE 7

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Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT,BRANCH 21 12th Judicial Region Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF MINOR CHILD NAMED, JEROSE THEA UNDALOC, 2 years old, residing at Maranding, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte,

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Lacson: ‘No one wins in any kind of war;’ vows to defend PH sovereignty over WPS diplomatically Provoking a geopolitical flashpoint with an Asian superpower like China will not happen under a possible Lacson-Sotto administration even as it plans to build up a stronger defensive posture against foreign military aggressions over the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

Partido Reporma chairman and standardbearer Panfilo “Ping” Lacson gave this assurance during a weekly virtual media forum, intending to approach the Philippines’ perennial maritime disputes with China in a diplomatic but assertive manner, if and when Filipinos elect him as president.

“What we are going to pursue as a foreign policy direction is the balance of power. We should maintain that over the West Philippine Sea… Not to provoke war because nobody wins in a third world war or any world war for that matter,” Lacson told reporters Thursday partly in Filipino.

When asked how he plans to boost the military capability of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to protect the Philippines’

exclusive economic zone over the WPS, Lacson turned to the Revised AFP Modernization Program, which he authored and sponsored during the 18th Congress.

Lacson said funds have already been provided for this measure under the proposed budget of the Department of National Defense (DND), which the Senate has deliberated on recently during its period of interpellations for the 2022 General Appropriations Bill.

Included in that program is the procurement of at least 26 multi combat role aircraft for the Philippine Air Force (PAF). This is part of the Horizon 2 acquisition phase of the AFP as agreed upon in its revised modernization guidelines, which encountered delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said they expect the arrival of these fighter jets by next year, according to Lacson, which would be a great help in terms of increasing aerial assets for the PAF to back up Filipino troops and civilians patrolling or navigating the WPS. “Tuloy-tuloy ‘yon,

nakaprograma na ‘yan (AFP modernization program) at sinusundan ‘yan ng ating national budget year-in, year-out kasi batas ‘yan e. Kailangan i-comply natin sa pamamagitan ng isa pang batas na tinatawag nating General Appropriations Act,” Lacson explained.

(The rolling out of the AFP modernization projects continues since that was already programmed. It is in accordance with our national budget year-in, year-out because it’s in the law. We need to comply with that through another law, which is the General Appropriations Act.) The presidential aspirant also reiterated that the United States government has expressed its willingness to extend financial assistance to upgrade the Philippines’ military capability by virtue of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the two allied countries.

Lacson earlier urged the incumbent administration to take advantage of this opportunity, saying that such funding support— DEFEND/PAGE 7

STAND UP AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE JOSELYN B. MINDORO

Domestic violence is defined as the act of inflicting pain and injury to a spouse, partner, girlfriend/boyfriend, or intimate family member to exercise power and gain control over the object. In the general population, the lifetime prevalence of isolated domestic violence incidents is comparable for men and women, but women are at greater risk of repeated coercive, sexual or severe physical violence. From the ratio given by a Philippine Non-Government Organization named Center for Women’s Resources, there is at least one woman or child that was abused every ten minutes in the Philippines.

Not all domestic violence is equivalent.

Differences in frequency, severity, purpose, and outcome are all significant. Domestic violence can take many forms, including physical aggression or assault (hitting, kicking, biting, shoving, restraining, slapping, throwing objects, beating up, etc.), or threats thereof; sexual abuse; controlling or domineering; intimidation; stalking; passive/covert abuse (e.g., neglect); and economic deprivation. It can also mean endangerment, criminal coercion, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, trespassing and harassment.

In addition to those statements, the threat of bodily and emotional harm is powerful, and abusers use this to control and keep women trapped. Female victims of violence are much more likely than male victims to be terrorized and traumatized. These women also put their children first, sacrificing their own safety. Others often have the mindset to stay because they want their children to grow up with a complete family.

The very first thing that one should do to get out of an abusive relationship is that you have to first admit to yourself that you are in one. I know that it is never an easy task to do this, but once you recognize that the relationship you’re in is no longer healthy and it could mean more harm than what has already been inflicted to you, the rest will be much easier to deal with.

So what I want to say here is that even if it’s hard, you should build up the courage to stand up against your abuser and just let him/her to always spit on your face. Even if there is a slight possibility that your partner would have changed for the better, some risks are never worth the taking. Especially when you’ve given them enough chances to prove themselves, and the risks you’ve taken have just failed you in the past.

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF PAGADIAN CITY AND RUDYLYN R. UNDALOC,

Respondents. x---------------------------------------/ ORDER A verified petition for FOR ADOPTION OF MINOR CHILD NAMED, JEROSE THEA UNDALOC, 2 years old, residing at Maranding, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, The petition alleges, viz;

1. That petitioners are husband and wife, 34 and 33 years old respectively, Filipino, and residents of Maranding, Kapatagan, Lanao Del Norte, Philippines and presently working as member of Philippine National Police and Public School Teacher respectively, copy of their marriage contract is attached as Annex “A” (now forming part of Court records); 2. That the respondent is a government official mandated by law to have control and custody of all records pertaining to live births and other registrable documents and as such he/she is being sued in his/her official capacity whose office address is located at City Hall, Pagadian City where he/she may be served with summons and other court processes. Respondent RUDYLYN R. UNDALOC is of legal age, single, Filipino and residing at Purok 3, Libertad, Butuan City, where she may be served with summons, court orders and legal processes;

3. That petitioners desire to legally adopt as their child, one JEROSE THEA UNDALOC, a minor, two (2) years of age, born out of wedlock in Pagadian City, now residing at Maranding, Kapatagan, Lanao Del Norte, Philippines together with petitioners, copy of her birth certificate is attached as Annex “B” (now forming part of Court records); 4. That the biological mother of said minor child is a relative of the petitioners, not affluent in life, she got pregnant without telling her parents about her pregnancy, jobless and was abandoned by her boyfriend right after the latter learned about her pregnancy; 5. Hence, immediately after she gave birth to her child, she decided to surrender and relinquish the parental custody of the child to herein petitioners, copy of parent’s consent is attached and made integral part hereof as Annex “C” (now forming part of Court records); 6. At the time the child’s custody was voluntarily surrendered by the mother to herein petitioners, the latter were childless despite having been married for about 5 years and have taken cared of said minor since the latter was only a day old, and petitioners have given said minor child the attention and love of a true and real parents;

7. That petitioners do not fall under the disqualifications of adoption as provided for by law and they are morally fit as well as physically and financially capable of giving the child a bright future, copy of petitioners’ barangay clearance, police clearance and medical certificate are attached and made integral part hereof as Annex “D” to “F” (now forming part of Court records); 8. That this adoption will certainly serve the best interests and well-being of the child; 9. Petitioners desire that if and when the instant petition is granted, the child shall be named JEROSE THEA RAPAL CABALLERO; 10. The names of petitioners’ witnesses and summary of their intended testimonies are as follows: Petitioner, LOVELY ROSE R. CABALLERO - She will testify on matters relative to their qualification to adopt the minor child. She will also testify that petitioners are financially capable of giving the child a bright future. Her judicial affidavit is hereby attached as Annex “G”.

Representative from MSWD - She will testify on the child study and home study that she will conduct and identify the report that she is going to prepare.

Petitioners’ documentary exhibits are as follows:

Marriage Certificate - Exh. “A” Birth Certificate of the minor child - Exh. “B”; Parent’s consent - Exh. “C” Barangay clearance, Police clearance and medical certificate - Judicial affidavit of petitioner - Exh. “G” Child study and Home study report - Exh. “H” and H-”; Others reserved.

Exh. “D,E,F”;

Finding the verified petition sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for initial hearing to February 14, 2022 at 8:30 o'clock in the morning. Let this order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Lanao del Norte once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner.

The CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR OF PAGADIAN CITY, RUDYLYN R. UNDALOC and any person who has an interest in the petition may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this petition or from the last day of publication of this order.

Further, let this Order be posted for Fifteen (15) consecutive days prior to the date of hearing on the bulletin board of the Municipal Hall of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, City Hall of Pagadian City and on the bulletin board of Barangay Dao, Pagadian City, Lanao del Norte where the child was alleged being born and on the bulletin board of this Court.

The petitioner is directed to notify this court of the publication of this order three (3) days before the scheduled hearing date.

Furnish copy of this Order to the Solicitor General, Makati City; the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Lanao del Norte; The Administrator and Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority, East Avenue, Quezon City, Metro Manila; Atty. Eleuterio M. Obial, Jr., counsel for the Petitioner and the petitioner Sps Jessie R. Caballero and Lovely Rose R. Caballero.

SO ORDERED. Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

November 16, 2021.

SGD ALBERTO P. QUINTO Acting Presiding Judge

APQ/mhrb Copy furnished: The Honorable Solicitor General 134 Gen. Amorsolo St. Legaspi Village Makati City The Honorable Provincial Prosecutor Pigcarangan, Tubod Lanao del Norte The Administrator and Civil Registrar General Philippine Statistics Authority East Avenue, Quezon City Metro Manila Atty. Eleuterio M. Obial, Jr. Justine Farm Supply Bldg.

Poblacion, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte Sps Jessie R. Caballero and Lovely Rose R. Caballero Purok-7, Maranding, Kapatagan Lanao del Norte Ms. Rudylyn R. Undaloc Purok-3, Libertad, Butuan City BWM: Nov. 22, 29 & Dec. 6, 2021

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your employment is still protected; security of tenure is still protected," he said.

In adherence to the guidelines set by the InterAgency Task Force (IATF) Resolution No. 148-B, and the Republic Act 11525 or the Covid-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021, the agency reiterated that while employers shall require their eligible workers who are tasked to do "on-site work" to get vaccinated, they may not terminate other employees who refused to obtain the vaccine.

Vasallo said those who refused, however, shall be required to undergo an RTPCR (reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction) test regularly at their own expense, or as prescribed by the companies.

Lawyer Amor Deo Bajarla, D OL E - 1 0 ’s m e d i at i on arbitration and legal services officer, said even regular workers from both government and private companies are encouraged to take the vaccines.

He s a i d u n d e r t h e particular IATF resolution, there is also the required number of workers that needed to be vaccinated in government workplaces.

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF SALE

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He also said employers s h ou l d c ons i d e r t h o s e employees who will be participating in the vaccination drive, and must not be marked absent from work as mentioned in the proclamation.

Gutib also cited the specific IATF resolution that requires employees to show sufficient proof to the employers that they participated in the national vaccination drive in order not to be deemed absent for the day. (PNA)

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the NPA commanders told us,” Pinat said, adding, they were also told that they were ready to kill.

Romeo Gordonas, former barangay official of Jubgan and now a contractual worker at the municipal hall, remembers they were held for a few hours and “warned about the mining activity.”

Gordonas was among the residents who opposed the mining operations in 2014.

Pinat said the municipal council declared San Francisco town a no-mining zone in

BE IT KNOWN TO ALL MEN THAT:

ERRATUM

That the late of MACARIA TABOCLAON ABALDE and JOSE ABALDE, who are all now deceased and all without any debts and without any wills; the decedents left a parcel of land with Tax Declaration No. G-141237 situated in Canitoan, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of 1.4580 has., for and in consideration of the sum of ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P1,485,000.00) Philippine Currency, receipt whereof in cash and in full satisfaction and receipt by the all the HEIRS, in hand paid by WILLIAM T. CO, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Quezon City, “the HEIRS” hereby SELLS, TRANSFERS and CONVEYS, absolutely and unconditionally unto WILLIAM T. CO, Filipino, of legal age, and a resident of Quezon City, his assigns, executors, administrators, and successors, the parcel of land described above with an area of FOURTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY (14,580) square meters, together with all improvements, if any, in a manner that is absolute and irrevocable, free from any and all liens and encumbrances whatsoever, and subject to the subdivision plan attached herein, and has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF SALE, filed by the heirs of MACARIA TABOCLAON ABALDE and JOSE ABALDE, per DOC #228; PAGE #46; BOOK #104; Series of 2019 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. CHESTER C. CASTAÑOS.

In connection with the publication of RAZEL B. ACAIN, published November 19 & 26, 2021 the correct name should be RAZEL B. ACAIN.

BWM: November 15, 22 & 29, 2021

OUR APOLOGY BWM: November 29, 2021

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2014, following protests against the large-scale mining operations of Surimin Mining Corporation.

Surimin undertook a project purportedly to provide farm-to-market road in the village. The protests forced the firm to stop operations.

Larry Hernandez, Director of the Mines and GeoSciences Bureau in Caraga, said Surimin’s 2014 operations destroyed the area where it operated.

According to Hernandez, Surimin Mining Corporation executed a deed of assignment to Siargao Minerals Properties Corporation over 3,991 hectares traversing San Francisco town and Surigao City. In turn, Siargao Minerals Properties entered into a contract with GoSun Siargao Waves, allowing it to operate on a portion of the area.

The latter started mining op erations on O c tob er 5, Jubgan barangay chair Amalla told MindaNews on November 6.

Surimin is owned by Dapa Mayor Elizabeth Matugas, sister of Surigao del Norte G over nor Francis co T. Matugas and three-term Surigao City mayor, now Vice Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas.

Ramon Gotinga, concurrent assistant provincial administrator of the local government of the Province of Surigao del Norte, is one of the owners of GoSun Siargao Waves Corporation.

Pinat said that during the dialogue at the Pastoral Center on November 9, representatives of various government agencies confirmed the GoSun Siargao EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSONS WITH WAIVER KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That the late JONALD BALNIG ABALDE, who died intestate on April 10, 2017 at Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC), Cagayan de Oro City; that the late, JONALD BALNIG ABALDE, at the time of his death, left a certain parcel of land with TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-163300 situated in Carmen, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THREE POINT FORTY (253.40) Square Meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE JONALD BALNIG ABALDE, filed by the heirs of JONALD BALNIG ABALDE, per DOC #35; PAGE #7; BOOK #IV; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ALBERT WENCES C. DABA III.

That the late MARISSA CATOSTOS ERNACIO, died on August 17, 2021 at Cagayan de Oro Polymedic General Hospital, A. Velez Street, Cagayan de Oro City, died intestate leaving a DEPOSITS at the following banks, to wit: A) AT BANCO DE ORO (BDO), Lim ketkai, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City under BANK ACCOUNT # SA-4895 0403 6754 4273; B) AT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES ISLAND (BPI), Lim Ketkai, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City under BANK ACCOUNT # SA-536347-0043 885362; That the HEIRS-WAIVOR/WAIVEE herein, being her surviving SON & HUSBAND, are the only forced of the said decedent; and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSONS WITH WAIVER, filed by the heirs of MARISSA CATOSTOS ERNACIO, per DOC #343; PAGE #69; BOOK #38; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ROWELL B. VALLEDOR.

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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

Waves Corporation has no extraction or mining permits.

The firm stopped operating that same day.

Silenced Amalla was killed on Thursday, November 18 at around 8 a.m. outside his residence.

He was driving his Toyota Vios from Malimono town but upon reaching his residence was shot by motorcycle-riding gunmen who had tailed him.

Amalla ran for cover through the passenger’s door. He tried to hide in the canal but the gunman followed and fired more shots at him.

He sustained gunshot wounds on the head and body and was rushed to the Caraga Regional Hospital in Surigao City and was on his way to a hospital in Butuan City but died along the way.

A resident of Barangay Jubgan said several angles have surfaced about the killing of Amalla.

“There’s angle of property owners affected by the mining, there’s a factor of fishermen who got affected because of their wanton operation, there are villagers who got mad at them because of the pollution and adverse effects on the operations, or within their shady mining operations or it could be personal grudge,” the resident said.

Gotinga said they have not shipped out stockpiles of minerals in the area. The company planned to ship out 100,000 tons of copper ore, iron ore and other minerals to China.

He r nand e z s ai d t he exploration permit of Surimin Mining has expired while Siargao Waves Corporation has a pending application for a mining permit.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE VICTOR C. COLITA KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That the late VICTOR C. COLITA who died on October 18, 2021 at Polymedic Plaza Hsopital Cagayan de Oro City, said deceased died intestate, without any Last Will or Testament and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity; the deceased at the time of his death left a savings account in amounting to 488,118.39 at Development Bank of the PhilippinesCapistrano Branch, Cagayan de Oro City, under his company name POWER FACTOR ELECTRICAL SERVICES with the Account No. 00-5-19571811-6 and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE VICTOR C. COLITA, filed by the heirs of VICTOR C. COLITA, per DOC #325; PAGE #61; BOOK #219; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI. BWM: Nov. 22, 29 & Dec. 6, 2021

Gotinga said they have a contract with Siargao Mineral Properties Corporation which has a contract with Surimin Mining Corporation for use over a portion of their area.

Police Lt. Anglo Ambid, chief of police of San Francisco Municipal Police Office said

they are still conducting a thorough probe on the killing.

Ambid said the motive could be mining-related.

Amalla acted as broker to the land owners directly affected by the mining activity. (Roel N. Catoto / MindaNews)

Bukidnon farmers to benefit P114-M RCEF rice machinery MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon— The Department of Agriculture– Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PhilMech) turned over P114 million worth of various rice machinery to Farmer Cooperatives and Associations (FCAs) in Bukidnon.

Around 36 qualified farmers and FCAs received on Thursday, November 18 various rice machinery in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon.

Under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund Mechanization Program (RCEF), 5,616 farmermembers are expected to benefit from the 100 units of rice machinery for year 2021 funds.

Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 10 (DARFO 10) Regional Executive Director Carlene C. Collado with DA-PhilMech Head Facility Management and Field Operations Division Joel V. Dator and Bukidnon 3rd district representative Manuel F. Zubiri led the turnover and awarding of certificates to FCAs. Said FCAs coming from the cities of Malaybalay and Valencia and the municipalities of Impasugong, San Fernando, Cabanglasan, Maramag, Kitaotao, Manolo Fortich, Quezon, Pangantucan and Kalilangan availed of the EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE LATE CELEDONIO T. EDURIA and DELFINA P. EDURIA With RATIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late CELEDONIO T. EDURIA and DELFINA P. EDURIA, who died on August 9, 2012 and April 22, 2011 all at Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City who died without will and no debts; the decedent left a parcel of land with Tax Declaration No. G-013036 situated at Bantiles, Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE LATE CELEDONIO T. EDURIA and DELFINA P. EDURIA With RATIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION, filed by the heirs of CELEDONIO T. EDURIA and DELFINA P. EDURIA, per DOC #401; PAGE #81; BOOK #67; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. PERSEVERANDO L. ARAÑA, JR. BWM: Nov. 22, 29 & Dec. 6, 2021

machinery which includes fourwheel drive tractor, hand tractor, floating tiller, PTO-driven disc plow/ harrow, walk-behind and riding type transplanter, rice reaper, combine harvester, thresher, recirculating dryer, impeller rice mill, single pass rice mill, and destoner.

Known as the food basket of Mindanao, the province of Bukidnon contributes around 50-60 percent of rice sufficiency in Northern Mindanao with 90,000 hectares of the rice harvest area.

Rice mechanization is one of the components of Republic Act No. 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law, which stipulates the creation of the RCEF that would be funded from rice tariffs collections, with P10 billion allocation annually from 2019 to 2024 or a period of six years.

It aims to improve rice production in the country through mechanization that would reduce production and postharvest losses up to 20 percent and eventually increase production.

Director Collado said farm machinery will boost farming activities, ensure high productivity, and reduce post-harvest losses of farmers.

“The need to increase the level of farm mechanization to produce more food and increase efficiency and quality will be beneficial both for farmers and consumers,” he concluded. (DA-10/PIA-10/ Bukidnon) EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That the late TESSIE CULANGGO LUMAHANG, who died intestate on the 12th, day of June, 2010, in Zone 1, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City; that the deceased at the time of his death left parcel of land with TCT No. T-81637 situated at Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of 100 sq. m. and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTELEMNT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS, filed by the heirs of TESSIE CULANGGO LUMAHANG, per DOC #03; PAGE #1; BOOK #125; Series of 2020 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. BUENAVENTURA E. SAGRADO. BWM: Nov 29, Dec 6 & 13, 2021

RA FORM NO. 10172 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Misamis Oriental Municipality of Gitagum NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with section 5 of R.A Act No. 9048 and notice is hereby served to the public that JOHN PAUL BACULIO has filed this office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error in the Certificate of Live Birth. From FEMALE to MALE who was born on NOVEMBER 23, 1992 at Burnay Gitagum, Misamis Or. and whose parents are _________ and ERMITA A. BACULIO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than _____________________________.

(SGD) FRANCIS V. MIGALBIO Municipal Civil Registrar BWM: Nov 29 & Dec 6, 2021

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Don’t forget, sooner or later every one of us is going to pay for our dishonesty in life. It is impossible to escape!

Except for one way. The only way to be set free from the painful penalty of your wrongs is to wholeheartedly ask Jesus to forgive you for your dishonest heart and way of living. Then, He can help you start changing to become the person of honesty, integrity and truthful character He created you to be. Just think a minute.

however that dirty money has started to roll out aimed at deceiving the poor electorate of the scents of 1000 peso bill and the five kilos of rice.

The start of the campaign may come as audicious as candidates would manipulate the electorate’s mindset by way of deceptive political maneuvers, mudslinging included.

Ide a l ly, a l l of t hos e vying for elective posts, notwithstanding their political persuasions have to respect the electoral process and people’s judgment via the power of the ballot.

Let us take this political exercise with a grain of salt. (ruffy44_ph2000@yahoo. com)

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Indeed, as we have lost our ecological integrity, we have also lost our food security.

Based on the data of the Food and Nutrition Institute, 85% of the Filipino children are malnourished especially in Mindanao, an island called the “food basket” of the country. While our vast tracts of land are teeming with high value crops to supply the consumerist needs of the people in advanced countries, we cannot even satisfy basic staples such as rice and milk. The Philippines is the biggest rice importer in the world, even bigger than what China is importing with a population of some 1.5 billion people; our country imports 99% of milk needs from other countries. Based on social scientists’ analysis, while the Philippines is so rich ecologically with marine resources described as the “center of the center of marine life on Earth” and the richest with regards to endemic resources on flora and fauna, but who controls?

Who profits? Who decides?

Only a few elites following an extractive economic system where our country exports cheaply-bought raw materials and dumping ground of finished products. Don’t you know that everything sold in this country passes at least five marketing layers?

A bag of Ammonium Sulfate fertilizer bought in Ukraine at P50 is sold in Mindanao at P1,000; a Lipitor pill bought in New Delhi, India at P.035 is sold in Philippine pharmacy at P50.

No way can these social wrongs b e rectif ied by candidates who are running with full support of big businesses. A candidate who has the highest financial support from big business almost always wins but when elected, his/her priority goes to the financial supporters and not the welfare of the Filipino people. But the Filipinos are not apathetic.

TAHIMIK LANG PERO NAGDADAMDAM DIN. PAGSUBRA NA, TATAYO SILA AT MAG PEOPLE POWER! TOTOO NGA NA SA KADILIMAN NG GABI, MAY NAGLALAMAY SA PAGDATING NG UMAGA. The awakened people are the beacon of light amidst darkness, a beacon of hope amidst despair! MABUHAY A NG S A M BAYA NA NG PILIPINO!

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intervention is imperative.

However, I would like to add that the devastating impact of climate change is just one among the wider set of challenges falling under the ambit of sustainability. Like many other partners and like-minded peers, we view sustainability with a wider lens covering not only climate change, but also inclusivity and equality.

“In quite a few areas, the pandemic has worsened the fissures of inequality already present in our society.

Squarely addressing the challenges in these areas is the only way to sustainable impact in its broadest and most inclusive sense. Again in this sphere, unpreceded collaboration is demanded of us. The private sector, the government and civil society, both locally and globally. All of us have to work together.”

JAZA ended by quoting f rom t h e Vi s i on 2 0 5 0 Framework of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WB CSD) of which the Ayala Group is a member.

“In the framework, the WBCSD elegantly captures what sustainable impact in its various facets should be about.

‘Nine billion p eople living well within planetary boundaries.’ For us in the Philippines, that means ‘One hundred ten million people living well within planetary boundaries.”

Manny Pacquiao now a museum item B oxing great Manny Pacquiao has been enshrined in the Madame Tussauds Wax

Museum in Hongkong. The life-like and life-size image of Pacquiao is set in a boxing ring and features actual garb used by the retired boxing legend.

Pacquiao is the 10th sports champion so honored. The list includes David Beckham, Muhammad Ali , Yao Ming, Tiger Woods, Ronaldinho and Stephen Curry. He is the second Filipino included the museum, the first being former Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach.

Muntinlupa City Demo Farm The local government of Muntinlupa, through the Department of Agriculture– Extension Services Office (DA-ESO), has launched the City Demo Farm, the first LGU-operated intensive hydroponics system in Metro Manila.

The city demo farm has an edible landscaping area with organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, and medicinal plants. It also has a seedling nursery, mushroom house, SNAP hydroponics, and NFT hydroponics.

The construction of the landscaping facility was conducted in partnership with the UPLB Edible Landscaping Team. The installation of SNAP Hydroponics was conducted in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) under the "Gulayan sa Pamayanan Program."

Mayor Jaime Fresnedi led the inauguration of the Muntinlupa City Demo Farm located at Muntinlupa Sports Complex in Brgy. Tunasan last November 11. He was joined by City Administrator Engr. Allan Cachuela, Vice Mayor Temy Simundac, DA-ESO chief Malou Lobo, Rotaract Club exec Dra. Teresita Filoteo, Our Lady of the Abandoned Parish officials, SDRC official Lize Conde, and Adriano Mini Farm Owner Nars Adriano, among others.

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process.

For now, some agencies are using PhilSys to easily track who are qualified for assistance, which is why those who belong to low-income families are being encouraged to get a national ID. S i g n e d i nt o l aw by President Rodrigo R. Duterte in August 2018, Republic Act 11055, or the Philippine

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Identification System Act, aims to establish a single national ID for all Filipinos and resident aliens.

The national ID shall be a valid proof of identity that shall be a means of simplifying public and private transactions, enrollment in schools, and the opening of bank accounts.

It also seeks to boost efficiency, especially in dealing with government services where people will only need to present one ID during transactions. (PNA)

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components are the procurement and installation of navigational aids and the construction of the new Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) administration building.

Tu g a d e s a i d t h e s e improvements, which tripled the terminal building area from 4,000 to 12,000 square meters, doubled the airport’s passenger capacity from one million to two million annually.

He said the airport terminal features an aerobridge and the expanded space now allows the airport to park seven planes at one time from the previous three to four.

T h e y a l s o a c qu i re d various new equipment that will facilitate “contactless” operations and transactions at the airport, among them the flight check-in and baggage drop, he said.

Tugade said the “contactless approaches” at the city airport are so far “the first in Mindanao.”

“This is a good vision. It shows that those in the airline business are recognizing the changes that CAAP introduced at the airport here,” he said.

The city airport, considered as strategic in terms of location and among the biggest in the country, last served international flights in late 2003.

Indonesian carrier Merpati Nusantara Airlines opened weekly flights between the city and Manado then using a Fokker 70 aircraft but it folded up after a month due to poor passenger traffic.

President Duterte lauded the Department of Transportation for ensuring the “timely completion” of the airport projects despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

“It’s now bigger and better.

You have contactless facilities, all the needs of a modern airport,” the President said in his speech.

He said it is another significant milestone under the Build Build Build program that will usher in tremendous benefits for the area. The President said it will mainly boost interconnectivity and revive the agro-industrial and eco-tourism prospects of the area.

“I’m proud that we have this airport. These are the things that we will be leaving to all of you here,” he said.

Aside from the airport, the President made a brief stop at the Makar wharf here to also inspect the completed projects.

It includes the construction of the Port Operations Building and other vital facilities, which includes a parking area, covered court, port manager’s quarter or Day Care Center, and drainage system.

“The improved port of Makar will now offer safer, comfortable, and a more convenient port experience to passengers, while ensuring a faster turnaround for vessels, cargo trucks, and other ancillary service providers,” the DOTr said in a briefer.

City Mayor Ronnel Rivera said the local government is “deeply grateful” to the national government for including the city as among the priority areas of the Build Build Build program.

He said the completed wharf and airport projects open a wide array of opportunities that will generate more economic activities for the city and “a multiple expanded growth to the whole nation.”

“We are one with the Duterte administration in its direction towards enhancing mobility, safety, and connectivity, apropos to airline travel, maritime travel, and road travel,” he said. (MindaNews)

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not only from the US but e ven other countries— would help speed up the AFP modernization process without incurring additional national debt.

“Malaking bagay ito kasi baon na nga tayo sa utang at naka-schedule naman talaga lahat ‘yung Horizon 1, Horizon 2, Horizon 3—mga procurement. Pero mainam na rin na merong mensaheng ganoon ang Estados Unidos para ma-upgrade ‘yung ating sariling military capabilities,” he said.

(That’s a great deal because we are already buried in debt, and while the procurement for [the items listed under] Horizons 1, 2, and 3 have been scheduled, it is still good to have that message coming from the United States to help upgrade our own military capabilities.)

L a c s on , w h o c h a i r s t h e S e n at e C om m itt e e on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation, underscored that he has no plans to downgrade diplomatic and economic relations with China while pursuing a ‘balance of power’ and ‘freedom of navigation’ agenda in the WPS. Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III echoed this statement, saying they would rather create more friends than enemies in the region, once he and Lacson get to play more active roles in the geopolitical arena should they emerge successful in their respective electoral bids next year.

“It’s best that we are friends with everyone, that’s the best approach,” Sotto said, noting that his and Lacson’s foreign policy proposals, including a possible joint oil exploration with China over the WPS, would always be anchored on the pro-Filipino agenda.

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Sharmaine’s opens branch in uptown CDO Y

By MARK FRANCISCO

OUR well-loved happiness in every slice - Sharmaine’s Cakes & Pastries - has finally opened its second outlet to cater to the growing number of

customers in the uptown side of Cagayan de Oro City.

Located at the ground level of Citta Verde in Primavera City, Sharmaine’s Cakes & Pastries offers the

very same yummy series of whole cakes, cake slices, coffee and tea that Kagayanons have come to love these past years from their first outlet in Antonio Luna.

“We have noted the growing number of customers coming from

uptown and so we decided to put up a branch here,” owner Sharmaine Limlosuy said during the opening ceremony last November 26.

Available at Sharmaine’s Cakes & Pastries are the following: whole cakes (caramel tres leches, ube flan cake, carrot cake, Grandma’s chocolate cake, coffee mousse cake, red velvet cake, Oreo sandwich cake, caramel cheesecake, triple chocolate cheesecake, blueberry cheesecake, mocha almond torte, assorted cake); custom cakes with the following toppings - French macarons, fresh flowers and assorted chocolates; pre-ordered cakes (dark chocolate cake,

red velvet cheesecake, carrot cheesecake, strawberry white chocolate cake, dulce de leche cheesecake, white chocolate funfetti cake, party-sized caramel tres leches); and assorted cake in the following flavors of slices: Grandma’s chocolate cake, caramel cheesecake, ube flan cake, caramel tres leches cake and carrot cake.

To complement the sweets, Sharmaine’s Cakes & Pastries offer coffee, tea, frappes (cafe mocha, salted caramel, white chocolate mocha, Oreo cheesecake, matcha, strawberry) and iced tea.

No wonder that the offerings of Sharmaine’s

Cakes & Pastries are the yummiest creations in the region since Sharmaine herself is an entrepreneurship graduate of reputable culinary institution Enderun Colleges.

Before that, Sharamaine is already a pastry enthusiast since her childhood days, watching her grandmother whip up various sweet delicacies in the family bakery.

Sharmaine’s Cakes & Pastries is open daily for dine-in and pickup orders from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Sharmaine’s Cakes & Pastries - happiness in every slice!